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Updated rename to do full rename, not just extension append.
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−8. '''Replace file extension of all files within a directory'''
+8. '''Replace file extension of all files within a directory tree'''
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−<tt>find ~/MyDirectory -name '*.txt' -exec mv {} {}.xls \;</tt><br><br>
+<tt>find ~/MyDirectory -name '*.txt' -exec bash -c 'mv "{}" "`dirname "{}"`/`basename "{}" txt`xls"' \;</tt><br><br>
The first arg is the parent directory of the data. Find will recurse thru all sub-dirs. This command replaces ".txt" with ".xls"
The first arg is the parent directory of the data. Find will recurse thru all sub-dirs. This command replaces ".txt" with ".xls"